Human Resources & Employment Law

Figuring out brewery employee benefits and creating employee policies and handbooks can be a daunting task. Contact us for your employment law questions!

Many breweries start off with a small team of personally invested individuals ready to hit the ground running. But the more delicious beer you make, the more help you will need in feeding the masses and that means hiring employees. Whether you need tasting room bartenders, assistant brewers, a social media guru, truck drivers, or sales representatives, you will need to protect both you and your team. Employment law is an ever-changing creature regulated by a host of government agencies, the Craft Beer Attorney will help you navigate those waters efficiently and lawfully.

When hiring, we can assist with job classification audit to ensure you are complying with regulations regarding salaried versus hourly employees, as well as, independent contractors. We can help with the drafting of job descriptions, employment agreements, compensation structures (including commission, bonus, and profit-sharing), and the required hiring paperwork. Once you have found the perfect new teammate we can also assist with new hire orientation, trainings, and general human resource organization and record-keeping.

We will create a personalized game plan accounting for claim prevention strategies and how those contingencies will be paid for. Should the worst come to pass, our team is also well versed in workplace investigations, severance negotiations, unemployment and labor commission hearings, and pre-litigation negotiations